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Date of upload: Sep 16, 2023 ^^
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I studied French for 8 years in middle and high school and college, passed AP French and took Advanced French Conversation in college. Every time I ran into French people working as a busboy or waiter they told me my French was amazing and have I been to France.
I went to France when I was 22 and INSTANTLY had an existential crisis because nobody could understand me and I DEFINITELY couldn't understand anybody, and I felt like everything I had ever been told by everyone about my French was a lie. I got so angry I stayed in Europe for 16 months and forced everyone in France to talk to me in French, repeated "Please don't speak to me in English I didn't come here to speak English" a million times to all the French who try to speak English when I opened my mouth, and then when I came home went back to college and switched my major from from Pre-Med to Linguistics & French Language.
Today I know I actually do speak good French bc when I start speaking French to French people, they don't speak English but French as if I'm fluent. Totally worth it.
But then when I started learning Chinese, within 2 days EVERY Chinese person lost their mind like I'm fluent. It's only the French who need you to be C1 level French to have any respect for you (which I certified HAVE as of 2018 btw)
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15:09 I have spent a fair amount of time in French parts of Canada and it's the same. If you walk into a store and expect the employees to speak English some of the time they will just refuse and only talk in French. But if you start off trying to speak French they will be a lot nicer and will switch to English most of the time. I have seen the same employee have two different reactions based on the language a person starts off with.
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My experience in Paris was also fairly positive, even though I only speak French at like... a kindergartener level. Almost everyone I met there were extremely patient and nice, and spoke to me with very basic French to help me along with my god awful attempt to communicate with them. I think as long as they see that you're trying, even just a little bit, they're happy.
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@icarteret
7 months ago
Ludwig hating Paris is the proof that he is French
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